can i play half-life alyx without vr ?

[Striker | القاسمي]

i really like half-life and this one looks so cool so can i play it without vr ?

[papalazarou]

no

[Trundle]

Nope

[Striker | القاسمي]

oh okay

[Spidgeon]

No it's pretty crap. Wait years and years for a new Half-Life game and they make you buy a $600+ periferal to play it.

[RedLightning]

I LOVE VR..

But I do agree with the sentiment of this thread.. it is pathetic what Valve is chasing now.

Again.. VR is Freaking Awesome!!!1..

but what valve did here is NOT>

[Grogwind]

Originally posted by Spidgeon:

No it's pretty crap. Wait years and years for a new Half-Life game and they make you buy a $600+ periferal to play it.

You can use other headsets than the index or vive, there less then £400 atm. In fact one of the windows one is one sale for $250 atm.

[LeftPaw]

According to this guy it's a gimmick and not another HL game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTYg4kA7-c0

[RedLightning]

Judging from the plethora of VR games that I have purchased since I got the Oculus S.. I will state that most games while awesome in VR are short..

short and lacking content.

There are diamonds in the rough.... though not many.

This had better be good.. but I doubt it knowing the path that Valve has taken in the past..
and at a 60 dollar price tag.. omg .. it had better be creme' de' la' creme'

[J4MESOX4D]

Half Life Alxy is pretty much the first proper fully-fleshed out VR title and if this fails as a satisfactory experience, then I think VR itself will be in a very dire state for gaming especially with future mainstream aspirations. This could be the title that really proves that the domain is viable long-term but it could also end up being very disappointing and then putting off future developers from operating in this space.

A lot of VR titles only seem to have between 2-5 hours worth of content and seem rather limited in terms of interactivity i.e on rails. Alxy will need to be at least 15 hours and offer a fully interactive and immersive experience. I do think a Portal VR game would be very interesting but Alyx will be a real test of Valve's credentials in this space.

[AmsterdamHeavy]

Originally posted by Spidgeon:

No it's pretty crap. Wait years and years for a new Half-Life game and they make you buy a $600+ periferal to play it.

Thats called "looking down the wrong end of the telescope".

[Kelthorian]

Originally posted by Spidgeon:

No it's pretty crap. Wait years and years for a new Half-Life game and they make you buy a $600+ periferal to play it.

Some will say that Half-Life was always about innovation but I don't remember that innovation requiring a near totally different platform. And yes VR is NOT the same as PC gaming even if it's through a PC.

VR will never get to do the same genres and games as proper PC will do, same thing as consoles can't properly do RTS as PC can do.

And while VR can become a very strong niche for things the other platforms cannot achieve the almost nonsensical push Valve and others have done for this expensive niche gives the impression these corporations are hoping this will be the new Wii and tap in a mystical new market of casual so far undiscovered by this behemoth of a industry.


It's also funny that this still isn't HL3 so a part of me thinks valve themselves know this isn't a guaranteed success. Artifact probably did some serious damage to their confidence as developers.

[Kelthorian]

Originally posted by Xuser:

According to this guy it's a gimmick and not another HL game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTYg4kA7-c0

Ofc it's a gimmick. Most VR are just gimmicks or glorified tech demos. It's a new field for developers and a universally appraised blockbuster that attracts the non new tech adopter crowd has yet to appear.

This road has yet to be properly traveled through so nobody can just copy and tweak a previous
massive success like what happens with regularity nowadays in the "normal" video game market.

[ArgentAbendAzure]

They're always chasing the latest novelty.
Praying they get ahead of the trends and hit the jackpot.
I'm not investing in VR anytime soon.

[🌴Phil337™🌴]

Will answer as mapper nope the game is designed for VR and recquire hardware, maybe the only possibility is modding it' s just a normal game with vr support.

[Smaug's Arrow.]

Originally posted by Grogwind:

Originally posted by Spidgeon:

No it's pretty crap. Wait years and years for a new Half-Life game and they make you buy a $600+ periferal to play it.

You can use other headsets than the index or vive, there less then £400 atm. In fact one of the windows one is one sale for $250 atm.

I bought the HP "Windows one" for 40$ at a popular auction site factory refurbished then I paid like 80$ for the controllers.... So 120$ for 1440 capable headset. So 180$ to play the new HL 2.7 is ok i guess. Still can I get an F in chat for everyone who died still believing HL3 would ever release.